HEATHROW AIRPORT has proposed a congestion charge as part of its
argument for a third runway to the Airports Commission. The airport has
suggested that a fee for cars would help limit the amount of traffic going into
the airport should a third runway be built, while also improving air quality
for nearby residents.
It comes as the airport hopes to increase the number of passengers
travelling to terminals by public transport, particularly as improvements to
rail such as Crossrail, High Speed 2 and a revamped Piccadilly Line are
underway.
The congestion charge, says Heathrow, would discourage drop-off and
pick-up to and from the airport, with some of the funds collected going to public
transport schemes.
Go Holiday editor David
Kernek writes: It’s obvious that the so-called congestion charge has done
nothing at all to reduce traffic congestion in central London; it’s simply a
tax, which is precisely what Heathrow’s managers are suggesting – a tax
justified by the vague hope that at some unspecified time in the future more
people might get to the airport by public transport.
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